1/3 / 18-00045
ST/SGB/2017/3
Secretary-General’s bulletin
Abolishment of obsolete Secretary-General’s bulletins
The Secretary-General, for the purpose of abolishing Secretary-General’s bulletins containing rules and provisions that are either no longer applicable, owing to changed circumstances, or have been incorporated into or replaced by new bulletins, and for the purpose of streamlining the rules of the Organization, promulgates the following:
Section 1
Secretary-General’s bulletins
The following Secretary-General’s bulletins are hereby abolished:[1]
(a)ST/SGB/230 of 8 March 1989, entitled “Resolution of tort claims”;
(b)ST/SGB/242 of 26 June 1991, entitled “United Nations archives and records management”;
(c)ST/SGB/259 of 2 July 1993, entitled “Wearing of grounds passes”;[2]
(d)ST/SGB/267 of 15 November 1993, entitled “Placement and promotion”;
(e)ST/SGB/269 of 10 January 1994, entitled “Secure telecommunications equipment”;
(f)ST/SGB/276 of 27 April 1995, entitled “Integrated management information system: definition of responsibility for the implementation and operation of the system and terms of reference of the Steering Committee”;
(g)ST/SGB/1998/6 of 31 March 1998, entitled “Building the future”;
(h)ST/SGB/1999/11 of 30 June 1999, entitled “Abolition of obsolete administrative issuances and information circulars”;[3]
(i)ST/SGB/2000/16 of 13 December 2000, entitled “Abolition of obsolete administrative issuances”;3
(j)ST/SGB/2001/4 of 12 April 2001, entitled “Implementation of the report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations — filling of new posts”;
(k)ST/SGB/2002/17 of 31 December 2002, entitled “Amendment to the Secretary-General’s bulletin on the implementation of the report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations — filling of new posts (ST/SGB/2001/4)”;
(l)ST/SGB/2003/19 of 9 December 2003, entitled “Basic security in the field: staff safety, health and welfare (Interactive online learning)”;[4]
(m)ST/SGB/2005/17 of 12 September 2005, entitled “Integrity Awareness Initiative”;4
(n)ST/SGB/2005/20 of 28 November 2005, entitled “Prevention of workplace harassment, sexual harassment and abuse of authority”;4
(o)ST/SGB/2006/16/Amend.1 of 26 September 2008, entitled “Disposition of the documents of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme”;
(p)ST/SGB/2006/16/Amend.2 of 29 November 2010, entitled “Disposition of the documents of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme”;
(q)ST/SGB/2006/16/Amend.3 of 2 November 2011, entitled “Disposition of the documents of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme”;
(r)ST/SGB/2006/16/Amend.4 of 24 December 2012, entitled “Disposition of the documents of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme”;
(s)ST/SGB/2007/12 of 1 December 2007, entitled “HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Orientation Programme”;4
(t)ST/SGB/2009/10 of 23 June 2009, entitled “Consideration for conversion to permanent appointment of staff members of the Secretariat eligible to be considered by 30 June 2009”;
(u)ST/SGB/2009/11 of 24 June 2009, entitled “Transitional measures related to the introduction of the new system of administration of justice”;
(v)ST/SGB/2011/5 of 8 September 2011, entitled “Performance Management and Development Learning Programme for Managers and Supervisors”;4
(w)ST/SGB/2015/2 of 2 June 2015, entitled “Abolition of obsolete administrative issuances”;3
(x)ST/SGB/2016/12 of 8 November 2016, entitled “Mandatory learning programme: United Nations Human Rights Responsibilities”;
(y)ST/SGB/2017/1 of 30 December 2016 and ST/SGB/2017/1/Corr.1, entitled “Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations”.[5]
Section 2
Final provision
The present bulletin shall enter into force on 1 January 2018.
(Signed) António Guterres
Secretary-General
1/3 / 18-00045[1]Abolished Secretary-General’s bulletins are available on the Official Document System (ODS).
[2]To be incorporated into an administrative instruction to be issued in early 2018 on security arrangements for admission to United Nations Headquarters in New York.
[3]The administrative issuances and information circulars referenced therein will remain abolished.
[4]These programmes are included in the annex to information circular ST/IC/2017/17 of 5 June 2017, entitled “United Nations mandatory learning programmes”.
[5]Abolished and replaced by the new Secretary-General’s bulletin ST/SGB/2018/1, containing the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations to be effective as of 1 January 2018.